The Life of Stephen A. DouglasHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 528 էջ |
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... submitted to Mr. Douglas , who , if he read them at all , will do so for the first time after the issue of the book . They have been written by one who agrees fully with Mr. Douglas in political views , and who , since the passage of ...
... submitted to Mr. Douglas , who , if he read them at all , will do so for the first time after the issue of the book . They have been written by one who agrees fully with Mr. Douglas in political views , and who , since the passage of ...
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... submitted . - Meeting of Congress . - President's Message.- Douglas's Speech of 9th December ..... CHAPTER XV . 311 Internal Improvements . River and Harbor Bills . - Tonnage Duties.- Douglas's Proposition . - Letter to Governor ...
... submitted . - Meeting of Congress . - President's Message.- Douglas's Speech of 9th December ..... CHAPTER XV . 311 Internal Improvements . River and Harbor Bills . - Tonnage Duties.- Douglas's Proposition . - Letter to Governor ...
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... submitted the following resolutions indicating the plan which he viewed most favorably : Resolved , that the Committee on Internal Improvements be instructed to report a bill for the commencement of a general system of internal ...
... submitted the following resolutions indicating the plan which he viewed most favorably : Resolved , that the Committee on Internal Improvements be instructed to report a bill for the commencement of a general system of internal ...
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... submitted by the gentleman from Georgia ( Mr. Stephens ) , and the debate which has taken place upon it and the original bill , have been of such a nature as to justify and require the friends of the bill to go into a dis- cussion of ...
... submitted by the gentleman from Georgia ( Mr. Stephens ) , and the debate which has taken place upon it and the original bill , have been of such a nature as to justify and require the friends of the bill to go into a dis- cussion of ...
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... submitted himself to the civil authorities , he received the penalty of the law in the shape of a public dinner instead of a vindictive punishment . I doubt not many other cases of a similar nature may be found , if any one will take ...
... submitted himself to the civil authorities , he received the penalty of the law in the shape of a public dinner instead of a vindictive punishment . I doubt not many other cases of a similar nature may be found , if any one will take ...
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Էջ 401 - Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Էջ 305 - Territories, as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void— it being the true Intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude It therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic Institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Էջ 484 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity...
Էջ 508 - It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Էջ 479 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Էջ 183 - No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Էջ 305 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act...
Էջ 405 - ... Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred thousand strong. We did this under the single impulse of resistance to a common danger, with every external circumstance against us. Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under .the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now ? — now — when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered and belligerent?...
Էջ 337 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Էջ 504 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.